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Disaster Management FAQs
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Page Content - What are the 24-hours emergency numbers for disasters or emergencies?
- 012 358 6400/6300
- 10177
- 112
- What is the role of disaster management?
- Facilitate & coordinate multi-disciplinary response efforts, coordinate additional resources for safety of the events, liaising with role players, risk identification and assessment.
- Why is disaster management not at every scene/incident?
- Primary responders: The emergency services (fire and ambulance) and SAPS.
- Secondary responder: Disaster Management and others.
- Who is responsible to provide relief during disaster?
- Social Development Division of ICD (Integrated Community Development) and, depending on the magnitude of an incident, disaster management organises and coordinates relief.
- When is an incident declared a disaster?
- When all the local resources are depleted and the Executive Mayor deem it so.
- Who can I contact if there is disaster in my area?
- Disaster Management Centre at 012 358 2225/ 2280 or 084 570 7655.
- Control centre: 012 358 6400/6300
- 10177
- 112
- When do you activate disaster management centre?
- When the magnitude of the catastrophe is high and the resources on the scene are not enough to deal with the incident.
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